Energy Advocacy Group Seeks Temporary Restraining Order to Block EPA Panel

Coverage of our lawsuit against EPA. Continue reading Energy Advocacy Group Seeks Temporary Restraining Order to Block EPA Panel

Temporary Restraining Order sought against EPA in science panel case

We are asking a court to stop the EPA CASAC panel from meeting while our lawsuit pends. Continue reading Temporary Restraining Order sought against EPA in science panel case

E&E Legal v. EPA — The Complaint

Here’s our complaint filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on EPA’s illegal stacking of an ‘independent’ science advisory panel. Continue reading E&E Legal v. EPA — The Complaint

EPA sued for stacking ‘independent’ science with EPA grant recipients; Watchdog group asks court to dissolve panel

The media release on our lawsuit. Continue reading EPA sued for stacking ‘independent’ science with EPA grant recipients; Watchdog group asks court to dissolve panel

Lawsuit: EPA’s ‘Indpendent’ Science Advisers Got $190 Million In Agency Grants

I am co-counsel on this. Continue reading Lawsuit: EPA’s ‘Indpendent’ Science Advisers Got $190 Million In Agency Grants

Asthma overdiagnosed in Canadian adults

What are the implications for EPA’s air quality studies? Continue reading Asthma overdiagnosed in Canadian adults

Claim: Metals released by burning fuel oil may damage children’s developing lungs

All nonsense. Even assuming the result is somehow true (which I do not, for the usual ecological epidemiology reasons), there is no meaningful clinical health effect. Continue reading Claim: Metals released by burning fuel oil may damage children’s developing lungs

Claim: The Deadly Problem of Urban Air Pollution

Vikas Bajaj is a New York Times reporter who forgot to say to the World Health Organization, “show me a body.” Continue reading Claim: The Deadly Problem of Urban Air Pollution

UN claims urban air pollution kills 3 million per year

Show us a body. Continue reading UN claims urban air pollution kills 3 million per year

Inhofe Calls for Transparency and Public Input on EPA Advisory Panels

“Circumstances surrounding the recent nomination request and correspondence between EPA and the Senate EPW Committee raise new concerns the agency is not committed to a transparent or meaningful public input process for selecting CASAC and SAB members.” Continue reading Inhofe Calls for Transparency and Public Input on EPA Advisory Panels

Claim: Exposure to particulate air pollutants associated with numerous cancers

Ridiculous. Here’s a one big reason. Continue reading Claim: Exposure to particulate air pollutants associated with numerous cancers

The Auto Emissions Crackup

One more example of what an analyst calls ‘sophisticated state failure.’ Continue reading The Auto Emissions Crackup